Workshops

VENUE

All classes will be held at

Elements Collective

17 McLachlan St, Fortitude Valley QLD

Well, be in the large upstairs room. It has a beautiful polished timber floor with a buttery smooth finish you will absolutely love to shuffle on (please make sure the soles of your shoes are carefully brushed free of any grit to help keep it lovely).

Air-conditioned

Workshop Format

All classes will have a single mixed group of intermediate and above level students. 
We will do our best to maintain the follow/lead ratios in class. We usually do a pretty good job, however, we can’t make any guarantees that ratios will be perfectly even.

The group will cover the following important aspects of Balboa across the weekend:

Rhythm – Flow – Musicality – Texture & Styling – Fancy Moves

Before registering, please check the assumed knowledge list of moves and video demo below to be sure you are comfortable with them. They are the minimum level of moves that the instructors will expect people to be competent at dancing, so they can build on them over the weekend.

If you have any questions or concerns about this list, please don’t hesitate to contact us or talk to your teacher. If there is just one thing on the list you’re struggling with, don’t let it put you off, we’ve been there too.

Assumed Balboa Knowledge

Down-hold & Up-hold basics
Closed Come Around
Ad-libs to the side
Paddles (circular ad-libs)
Extended basic: (AKA progressives / one steps / forwards & backwards ad-libs)
Crab-walks
Transition step to Out-and-Ins
Crossovers
Open Come Around
Lolly-kicks (Lollies)
Throw-outs (AKA Toss-outs)
– from Lollies
– from close embrace
– from Out & In

YouTube video of assumed Balboa knowledge https://youtu.be/fU-Yysx02B8

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